tailieunhanh - Who Speaks for Me? Ending Child Marriage

As part of the project we follow an ascertainment protocol which involves several measures and procedures. Parents or guardians must complete an informed consent form with the help of a psychologist or social worker. Subsequently, parents are interviewed using the Vineland Behavior Adaptive Scales, a structured interview about adaptive behavior (observed communication, social behavior, and daily living skills at home and in the community). A detailed developmental history is obtained, probing for obstetric information, non-psychiatric medical problems, neurological disorders, medication history, education and treatment history. Parents are administered the Autism Diagnostic Interview-Revised (ADI-R), a structured interview for the identification of the ASD symptoms, while children are assessed using the. | Policy Brief POPULATION REFERENCE BUREAU APRIL 2011 BY ALEXANDRA HERVISH AND CHARLOTTE FELDMAN-JACOBS WHO SPEAKS FOR ME ENDING CHILD MARRIAGE In 10 countries at least one in two girls are married before the age of 18. 58 MILLION young women in developing countries have been married before the age of 18. One in nine girls have been forced into marriage between the ages of 10 and 14 in developing countries. I told them I was terrified and desperate that I was just a child and far too young to get used to scream and cry all night. I was too young too tender. It killed me inside. Life became meaningless. 1 Young Turkish Kurdish girl married at age 12 In the last decade 58 million young women in developing countries one in three have been married before the age of 18 many against their will and in violation of international laws and conventions on women s Even more disturbing according to new figures one in nine girls or 15 million have been forced into marriage between the ages of 10 and With limited education and economic opportunities child brides are often condemned to a life of poverty social isolation and powerlessness infringing on their human rights health and well-being. In developing countries with a rapidly growing youth population investments in adolescent girls are critical. Ultimately to meet goals related to poverty education gender equality maternal and child health and HIV and AIDS nations and communities must put an end to child marriage. This policy brief explores trends in child marriage and the benefits of delaying marriage. It examines promising approaches in developing countries to end child marriage and provides recommendations to advance policy and advocacy efforts. Child Marriage Is a Global Problem Child marriage generally defined as marriage before age 18 is not limited to any one country or Ten countries have particularly high prevalence rates with one-half to three-fourths of girls marrying before their